For clarity but it’s complicated

Colin de Grandhomme out until at least Boxing Day with a bruised bone in his right foot. But, amid 14 home T20s this season, by the time Australia arrive in February for their five-match series you’d expect some clarity.

The batting order provides the most head-scratchers, with de Grandhomme having largely batted No 4 and returned single figure scores in his last five T20

GETTY IMAGES Brendon McCullum hopes for more selection certainty in the T20 team. Daryl Mitchell has a big chance to nail down a regular spot in New Zealand’s Twenty20 team when the series against the West Indies begins tomorrow night.